A 9365: Defines academic excellence relating to the New York state masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program as having a grade point average of three and one half or more on a four point scale.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9365 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY December 19, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JENSEN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Higher Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to defining academic excellence relating to the New York state masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 669-f of the education law, as 2 amended by chapter 516 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 1. Eligibility. Students who are matriculated in an approved master's 5 degree in education program at a New York state college, as defined in 6 subdivision two of section six hundred one of this title, leading to a 7 career as a teacher in public elementary or secondary education shall be 8 eligible for an award under this section, provided the applicant: (a) 9 earned an undergraduate degree from a college located in New York state; 10 (b) was a New York state resident while earning such undergraduate 11 degree; (c) achieved [academic excellence] a cumulative grade point 12 average of three and a half or higher on a four point scale as an under- 13 graduate student[, as defined by the corporation in regulation] or in 14 their first semester in an approved master's degree in education program 15 at a New York state public institution of higher education; (d) enrolls 16 or is enrolled in full-time study in an approved master's degree in 17 education program at a New York state college, as defined in subdivision 18 two of section six hundred one of this title, leading to a career as a 19 teacher in public elementary or secondary education; (e) signs a 20 contract with the corporation agreeing to teach in a classroom setting 21 on a full-time basis for five years in a school located within New York 22 state providing public elementary or secondary education recognized by 23 the board of regents or the university of the state of New York, includ- 24 ing charter schools authorized pursuant to article fifty-six of this EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03273-02-5 
 A. 9365 2 1 chapter; and (f) complies with the applicable provisions of this article 2 and all requirements promulgated by the corporation for the adminis- 3 tration of the program. 4 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of July next succeeding 5 the date upon which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, 6 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces- 7 sary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are 8 authorized to be made and completed on or before such date.